The Jaguars wore shoulder pads for the first time and there were three minor skirmishes that livened up an otherwise normal practice.

“It was great to get the pads on,” coach Gus Bradley said. “I know our players were fired up about it, even it was just shoulder pads.”

*During the first segment of 11-on-11 drills, tight end Clay Harbor and defensive end Tyson Alualu engaged downfield. Alualu tore Harbor’s helmet off and both looked ready for more until coach Gus Bradley and tight ends coach Ron Middleton intervened.

“Just a little altercation,” Harbor said. “First day of pads, everybody is a little tense.”

Said Alualu: “It’s just something that happens in the heat of the moment. It’s nothing. Part of football.”

When Alualu was swarmed by reporters in the locker room, Andre Branch yelled out: “Did Tyson sign a new contract or something?”

*During the offensive-defensive line pass-rush drills, left guard Zane Beadles and defensive end Red Bryant got tangled up. Bryant – his helmet off – landed on Beadles and they also exchanged words.

“It’s good that there’s intensity,” Bradley said. “Zane got a little fired up and Red got a little fired up. We don’t want to get anybody hurt and we want to control it and keep our poise but it’s a physical game.”

Said Beadles: “It’s been seven months now without hitting each other and it’s spirited and things might get a little chippy, but that’s football.”

Asked if Bryant finished the play with an elbow to the helmet, Beadles laughed and said: “Who knows, man. I’m not exactly innocent either.”

Bryant said he “wasn’t mad,” but that he was “a little rusty,” and felt he had to pick up his level of intensity.

*Later in the OL-DL drill, center Patrick Lewis and defensive tackle DeAndre Coleman mixed it up and just about every lineman tried to play peace-maker.

“I heard it got heated – that’s good,” said Bradley, who had left the drill to go watch the quarterbacks and receivers.